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Anthro on Foot Goes to Germany

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Hallo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Elie Wiesel’s Night, Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and The Trial, Hermann Hesse’s Siddharta, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Geography Now!, The Story of Europe

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to South Korea

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Annyeonghaseyo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Daniel Tudor’s Korea: The Impossible Country, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Geography Now!, Hallyu (K-Drama, K-Pop), Maangchi’s Cooking Channel, Talk to Me in Korean

Tourism sites: free walking tours, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Switzerland

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Bonjour/ Hallo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams, Johanna Spyri’s Heidi, Johann Wyss’ The Swiss Family Robinson, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Geography Now!, Saving the Alpine Meadows, The Story of Europe

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads* I found it so expensive to stay in Switzerland so I chose to stay at Ferney-Voltaire in France, literally one step away from Geneva, with hotel options at half the price compared to Geneva.  

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always |treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Italy

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Ciao!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Andrew Rimas and Evan Fraser’s Empires of Food, Britannica’s Children’s Almanac on the Roman Empire and the Etruscans, Christopher Duggan’s A Concise History of Italy, Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, Dante Alighieri’s Inferno and Divine Comedy, David Graeber’s Debt, Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love, Jeanette Fregulia’s A Rich and Tantalizing Brew: A History of How Coffee Connected the World, Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, Nicolas Ostler’s Empires of the Word, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies, Philip Freeman’s Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths, Stefano Mancuso’s The Revolutionary Genius of Plants, W. Hodding Carter’s Flushed. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Blue Zones, Florence and the Renaissance, Geography Now!, Giada at Home, The Silk Road: Venice

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always |treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Croatia

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Zdravo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Game of Thrones (highly recommended by my friends but I haven’t watched it), Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Zdravo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Book: Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Show: Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Austria

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Bonjour/ Hallo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Jeanette Fregulia’s A Rich and Tantalizing Brew: A History of How Coffee Connected the World, Lonely Planet’s Global Coffee Tour, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Show: Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Re-Evaluates the World of Work

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Hello!

Knowing what I didn’t like is so important in knowing the job that I like. I don’t think there’s one job that will fulfill all our qualifications, but there will be a few out there where our talents, skills, and interests will converge into one. I acknowledge that the fact that I could have a choice is a privilege, and how I wish I could have said it differently. But this is my experience, and I can only speak of mine.

Growing up, I was trained to believe that work has to be burdensome, should take out the best time of the day to be outdoors (5-to-5), and should dictate my time off. But what I’ve come to know is that work does not have to be that way. It can be done outdoors, and it does not have to punish me when I’m sick or need to care for someone who’s sick. Adults have made the world of work so ill-fitting to the natural ebbs and tides of our everyday.

Disclaimer: the following works for me and may or may not work for you.

I try to diversify my income as much as possible: I do a regular job, writing and editing gigs, initiate side projects, and sell my used stuff. Having several sources of income makes a lot of sense to me for apart from having more potential for savings, I have a Plan B in place in case of unforeseen events. Don’t get me wrong, lean months are a mainstay in my life. But in choosing this path, where my work allows me to spend as much time outdoors alongside as many communities as possible, I know I’m in a place where I’m meant to be.

Sharing with you resources that helped me with work planning + inspiration:

Books: Brene Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection, Christopher Ryan’s Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress, Emilie Wapnick’s How to Be Everything, The School of Life’s What They Forgot to Teach You at School. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to sign up from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable work: do what works for you | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Vietnam

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Xin chao!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Anthony Reid’s A History of Southeast Asia, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies, Thomas Suarez’s Early Mapping of Southeast Asia, Wiley’s A Short History of Southeast Asia (Peter Church, ed.). For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Charles Kimball’s History of Southeast Asia podcast, Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always |treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Cambodia

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Suostei!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Anthony Reid’s A History of Southeast Asia, Thomas Suarez’s Early Mapping of Southeast Asia, Wiley’s A Short History of Southeast Asia (Peter Church, ed.). For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Charles Kimball’s History of Southeast Asia podcast, Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always |treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤